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Fire Tower

Black diamond Bretton Woods, NH

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical92 ft
Length287 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesE
Top2,992 ft

Fire Tower drops 92 vertical feet over 287 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 110 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 95 named runs at Bretton Woods. It faces east.

How well Fire Tower holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 19°, Fire Tower gets about 101% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bretton Woods does, December through March. That's sunnier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Bretton Woods. Its top sits at 2,990 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Fire Tower profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Fire Tower elsewhere

Nearby at Bretton Woods

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.